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Ransomware Perps Put the Squeeze on Police

"The government is so far behind the cyberthreat that it's pretty pathetic, and we might have a serious cyberevent," suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Dealing With the Threat...

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Apple’s Storm Clouds

I recently heard an amazing story about how an Apple shop had dumped Apple for Dell. Over most of the last two decades, the only time I've seen a move like this was when some change in IT forced it, and a lot of staffers subsequently would quit as a result. This move was largely user-driven. ...

LinkedIn Links Up With Lynda

For the venture to be successful, Lynda.com will need to retain much of its autonomy when it officially joins LinkedIn, suggested Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group Lynda.com predates LinkedIn, he pointed out. That means its culture is older, and LinkedIn will...

Devs Rev Up for a Weekend of Galactic Problem-Solving

The hackathon "is basically a community set up to help train Watson to address some of the broad needs of NASA," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "If it takes a village to grow a child into a productive adult, it takes an AI community to properly tra...

YouTube Foists Deceptive Ads on Kids, Says Complaint

"Given the advent of smart TVs, where cable programming and Internet programming can become equally easy to access, it is likely long past time when the rules surrounding Internet video and broadcast video, particularly with relation to children, were reconciled so that the same rules consistently protect kids," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group...

IBM, Apple Deepen Their Mobile Enterprise Incursion

"The app thing showcases that the companies are talking and that IBM can deliver apps," said Rob Enderle, president and principal analyst with the Enderle Group "The real promise of the alliance," he told the E-Commerce Times, "will be the tools that IBM wraps Apple's systems ...

Oracle Aims to Wring More Sales From Marketing Cloud

"I think this is an effort to boost their presence in marketing, which has been one of the largest pools of money for targeting analytics," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "They are mining for that marketing they've been missing." Granted, smaller CRM...

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Fiorina’s and Clinton’s Presidential Runs: The Irony Is in the Analytics

There will be a lot of irony in the U.S. presidential primaries and general election as campaigns ramp up later this year. Last time, with Mitt Romney, we saw a business multimillionaire and ex-governor get schooled in how to use analytics by a guy who wasn't even that experienced in politics. ...

Top Talent Jumps on Tidal Wave

Along with wrecking data plans, users will have to take care if they want to realize the premium sound Tidal is capable of outputting, according to Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group A Bluetooth connection to output devices will compress the audio, defeating t...

Proposed Amendments to US Cybersecurity Laws Under Scrutiny

"In the physical world, we don't have the concept of packs of people breaking into homes and companies to conduct unauthorized tests of physical security," remarked Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "If they did, they'd be arrested and might get shot in the process. So, "if you don't have legal authority to test the security of a thing, then your act should be illegal."

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Retiring in a Tropical Paradise: Risks May Outweigh Rewards

One of the really attractive options for retirement is moving to another country and, for a fraction of the cost of living in the U.S., living like royalty. Well, I've been hearing a lot of stories about this over the last year, and I think there is reason for concern. ...

Big Money Helps Cyanogen Go for Android’s Jugular

"Given the complaints about Android being too generic and too difficult to differentiate on, [CyanogenMod] could be a game-changer for Android phone and tablet makers," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group The Kindle tablet line has been successful, he note...

FAA’s Sluggish Pace Frustrates Amazon’s Drone Ambitions

If authorization similar to the certificate awarded last week were granted, it could move Amazon's research forward in the U.S. and reduce the probability "that much of the related technology would be developed outside of the U.S.," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told the E-Commerce Times...

Over-the-Air Tinkering Keeps Tesla’s Model S New

"This is one of the significant competitive advantages that folks often don't talk about with Tesla. The car was designed to be updated both in software and hardware," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "What folks don't get is that Tesla isn't selling ca...

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The Big Implications of the Google, FTC Antitrust Scandal

A 160-page report that was far more complete than the FTC no doubt wanted last week was leaked to The Wall Street Journal, clearly showcasing that the FTC staff recommended action against Google for anticompetitive practices. ...

Mars One Could Turn Out to Be Mars Zero

"This was a very creative plan to put people on a one-way mission to Mars, but it appears the numbers just don't add up," Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group, told TechNewsWorld. Mars One is still looking for sponsors and mission partners, its website suggest...

Apple’s TV Plans Come Into Focus

"We're seeing the rapid death of traditional cable," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. NBCUniversal apparently is not included because its parent company, Comcast, has been on the outs with Apple following fruitless discussions about collaborating on ...

Facebook Talks Tough About Online Harassment

"There are few real specifics here -- just a general sense that [Facebook is] saying it wants to do the right thing," said Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "Your and my view on what the right thing is and their view may differ a lot," he told TechNewsWorld....

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Apple Drifts Away From Jobs

Steve Jobs' Apple displayed a rather fascinating balance between design and utility. Granted, it often shifted more toward the design side, which resulted in problems like Antennagate, but that tended to happen when Jobs wasn't around. He made sure the products worked well and looked good -- he understood the need to do both. ...

Cortana Could Edge Out Siri, Google Now

"Google makes money not off Android but on the ad revenue connected mostly to search, and Cortana is basically a smart search program," noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group "So, if Microsoft can get Android to use Microsoft's Bing search, it could take ano...

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